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Eleazer Pierce Property

Past Producer in Bennington county in Vermont, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081530
MRDS ID W033601
Record type Site
Current site name Eleazer Pierce Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.05593, 42.76001 (WGS84)
Elevation 357
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 0.85 MILES NORTHEAST OF STAMFORD, VERMONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bennington(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stamford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hudson-Hoosic(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Green Mountain National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Bennington

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS 300 FEET WEST OF EAST STREET BETWEEN GOODRICH AND HARRIS BROOKS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Hoosic Formation
    Rock description Hoosic Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.05593, 42.76001
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1850

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Owen Haggarty Box 836 Stamford, Vt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.021HA
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • SKEHAN (1961) SHOWS ANOTHER MINE 1.1 MILES DUE WEST AT THE HEAD OF HARRIS BROOK. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SHAFTS IN THE FLOOR OF THE PIT. THE OPENINGS HAVE BEEN OBSCURED BY SLUMPING OF THE PIT MARGINS.

Comments on development

  • HAD NOT BEEN WORKED AS OF HITCHCOCK'S 1861 REPORT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HITCHCOCK, E. ET AL, 1861, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT. CLAREMONT MFG. CO., CLAREMONT, NH, VOL 2.

  • Deposit

    SKEHAN, J.W., 1961, THE GREEN MOUNTAIN ANTICLINORIUM IN THE VICINITY OF WILMINGTON AND WOODFORD, VERMONT. VGS BULLETIN NO. 17, P. 147.

  • Deposit

    Johnson, W.A., No Date, Structure And Time Emplacement Of The Black Mountain Pluton In Southeastern Vermont: Unpublished Paper, State Geologists Office, Montpelier, Vermont.Johnson, W.A., No Date, Structure And Time Emplacement Of The Black Mountain Pluton In Southeastern Vermont: Unpublished Paper, State Geologists Office, Montpelier, Vermont.

  • Deposit

    Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.Doll, C.G., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map Of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Scale 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FORMATION CONTAINING DEPOSIT EXTENDS 1.1 MILES EAST TO ANOTHER PIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 01-APR-1986 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Reporter 01-NOV-1984 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Editor 01-DEC-2002 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials

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